Robert William Chambers was an American artist and fiction writer born in Brooklyn, New York in 1865. He is best known for his book of short stories titled The King in Yellow, published in 1895, which became influential in the development of weird fiction and has remained in print for over a century. Chambers worked as both a visual artist and writer throughout his career. His creative output spanned multiple genres and mediums, establishing him as a notable figure in American literature and art of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He died in New York City in 1933 at the age of 68.